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403: 992: 1024: 20: 207:, Tametaka's brother. The first year of this affair is described in her semi-autobiographical Diary. Her motive in writing the diary "seems to have been written solely to appease her mind, and to record the poems which passed between them." Izumi then moved into Atsumichi's residence, and the two had a very public courtship until Atsumichi's death in 1007 at the age of 27. 188:'s third son, Prince Tametaka (Danjo no Miya Tametaka Shinnō:弾正宮為尊親王 977–1002). As a result of the scandal her husband divorced her and her family disowned her. The Eiga Monogatari implies that Tametaka fell ill and died because of his "continual nocturnal escapades." 333:
While at the court in 1009, she married Fujiwara no Yasumasa (958–1036), a military commander under Michinaga famous for his bravery, and left the court to accompany him to his charge in
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was written at the beginning of Izumi's relationship with Prince Atsumichi and continues for about nine months (1003–1004). Written in a third person narrative, the diary contains
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Further testimony of the scandal caused by her successive affairs with the Princes Tametaka and Atsumichi can be found in two historical tales (
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loosely: Trampling the dry grass the wild boar makes his bed, and sleeps. I would not sleep so soundly even were I without these feelings.
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that features her passion for Prince Atsumichi. It was performed in early 2008 in Geneva with the Chamber Orchestra of Geneva.
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She "is considered by many to have been the greatest woman poet of the Heian period". Her legacy includes 242 poems and two
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loosely: "There is not even a moment of calmness. In the heart that loves the blossoms, the wind is already blowing."
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includes this poem, which accompanied Yasumasa's offering of jewels for a Buddha figure "made in memory of the
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loosely: They say the dead return tonight, but you are not here. Is my dwelling truly a house without spirit?
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Upon seeing her daughter Koshikibu no Naishi's name on her Imperial robes she received after her death:
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The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan
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loosely: My black hair is unkempt; unconcerned, he lies down and first gently smooths it, my darling!
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loosely: Beneath the moss, imperishable, her name of high renown: seeing it is a great sadness.
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morotomo ni koke no shita ni ha kuchizu shite udzumorenu na wo miru zo kanashiki
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naki hito no kuru yo to kikedo kimi mo nashi wa ga sumu yado ya tamanaki no sato
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karu mo kaki fusu wi no toko no wi wo yasumi sa koso nezarame kakarazu mo gana
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nodoka naru ori koso nakere hana wo omou kokoro no uchi ni kaze wa fukanedo
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kurokami no midaremo shirazu uchifuseba madzu kakiyarishi hito zo kohishiki
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While still married to Michisada, she fell in love and had an affair with
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with numerous lovers besides her two husbands and two princely lovers."
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Janet Walker (June 1977). "Poetic Ideal and Fictional Reality in the
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women, her name is a composite of "Izumi" from her husband's charge
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Izumi Shikibu was the daughter of Oe no Masamune, governor of
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After Tametaka's death, she was courted by Prince Atsumichi
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and her father's official designation of master of ceremony
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jointly commissioned an opera based on her poems. Titled
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The Princeton Companion to Classical Japanese Literature
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A page 2nd collected works of Izumi Shikibu 12th century
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Soon after, probably in 1009, Izumi joined the court of
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She had a sequence of affairs at the imperial court in
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and sung in Italian, the work draws on 65 poems from
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A large number of her poems are poems of lamentation
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She outlived her daughter 231:A Tale of Flowering Fortunes 7: 1137:11th-century Japanese poets 1102:10th-century Japanese poets 1021:(public domain audiobooks) 676:Introduction by Amy Lowell. 486: 304: 284: 201: 156: 140: 69: 10: 1163: 1054:The Diary of Izumi Shikibu 853:Princeton University Press 372:In contemporary arts, the 214:, who was the daughter of 938:; Mariko Aratani (1990). 519: 495: 480: 456: 435: 414: 397: 367: 298: 278: 195: 150: 134: 63: 44: 586:Mulhern, Chieko (1994). 556:McMillan, Peter (2008). 273:Izumi Shikibu Collection 252: 83:at the court of empress 1087:Women of medieval Japan 971:The Izumi Shikibu nikki 969:Izumi Shikibu. 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Index


Kusazōshi
Komatsuken
Japanese
Heian period
Japanese
Thirty-six Medieval Poetry Immortals
Murasaki Shikibu
Akazome Emon
Joto Mon'in
kashu
femme fatale
Echizen
Etchu
Izumi
Heian period
Kyoto
dowager
Queen Shoko
Emperor Reizei
Fujiwara no Shōshi
Fujiwara no Michinaga
Emperor Ichijō
Eiga Monogatari
Ōkagami
waka poetry
renga
imperial anthologies
Akazome Emon
Murasaki Shikibu

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